Frame for mosquito-netting.



PATENTED JULY 28, 190'?.y

No..86l,034.

M E. KELLY. FRAME FOR MOSQUITO NETTING.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. '1.4 1905.

y to any portion otthe MARY ELLEN KELLY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

FRAME FOR MOSQUITO-NETTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed April 7, 1905. Serial No. 254,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY ELLEN KELLY, a citizen ot the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county oi Franklin and State oi Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in a Frame for Mosquito-Netting,of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved construction oi frame for supporting amosquito netting or canopy, the object being to provide a simple andefficient device, -which can be used in connection with any constructionoi bed, couch or pillow, inasmuch as it is not connectec said bed orcouch. 'i

Another object oi the invention is to provide a device which can befolded up out oi the way when not in use and a still further object isto provide a device which can be folded into a compact orm when it isdesired to pack or ship said trame.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the novel featuresof construction, hereinafter fully described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the practical.

application oi my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view oi thenet supporting frame. Fig. 3 is a view showing the frame folded forshipment. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the upper lettlian'd corner oi the frame, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective viewshowingr the lower right hand corner ofthe same.

In carrying out my invention I employ a base board A, to which uprightsB, are connected by means oi hinges C, said uprights being hinged to therear edge ol the base board, adjacent each end as most clearly shown inFig. 2. The base board A, is adapted to be placed beneath the bolster orpillow, or it desired beneath the upper end of the mattress and theuprights projectupwardly a considerable distance above the saidmattress, bolster and pillow. These uprights B, are connected at theirupper ends by means ol a crossbar D, and a central upright E, is hingedat F, to the base board A and is connected to the cross-bar D andextends above the same a considerable distance as most clearly shown inFigs. l and'2.

Gr indicates supporting arms connected to the upper ends oi the uprightsB, by means of hinges II. Triangular shaped brace blocks I, are hingedto the uprights B, as shown at I/, and are adapted to be turned so as tobear upon the base board A and hold the uprights in their perpendicularpositions. Similar blocks K, are connected to the upper ends oi theuprights as shown at K, and these blocks are adapted to be turnedinwardly for the purpose o supporting the arms G in their properhorizontal positions. These supporting arms G are connected by means oia crosspiece L,to which a cord M is attached, said cord passing around apulley N, carried at the upper end oi the central upright E and adjacentthe lower end of said cord is arranged a hook O, which is adapted toengage the eye or staple 1?, carried by the central upright for thepurpose of holding the supporting arms Gr in their elevated positionswhenever it is desired to hold these arms so elevated, a suitable handleor tassel Q, being arranged upon the lower end oi the cord so that thesaid arms can be elevated whenever it is desired to liit the nettingR,`which is arranged or draped over the said-frame.

The device 'can be made any width desired and in the present instance Ihave shown the device oi a width capable ofsupporting the canopy adaptedto cover one pillow only.

It is obvious that this frame can be arranged upon a bed or couch and iidesired can be placed upon the iioor. When' not in use the canopy can beelevated by raising the arms D and in case it is desired to pack theframe away or ship the same, it can be folded into a very compact orm asmost clearly shown in Fig. 3.

l desired the supporting arms G, may be hinged at the point where crosspiece L, connects them, so that the said arms can be folded back uponthemselves, thereby making a compact article, when olded.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A frame for mosquito netting comprising a base, uprights hinged tosaid base, and supportingl arms hinged to the uprights and blocks hingedto said uprightsrfor holding the uprights perpendicularly and thesupporting arms horizontally.

2. A frame for mosquito netting comprising a base, the uprights hingedthereto, the supporting arms hinged to the uprights, blocks hinged tosaid uprightsl adapted to engage said base for holding the uprightsperpendicular-ly and blocks hinged to said uprights adapted to hold thearms horizontally, and means for elevating said arms, as set forth- 3. Atrame for mosquito netting comprising a base, the uprights hingedthereto, the brace blocks for holding the uprights perpendicularly, thesupporting arms hinged to the uprights and the brace blocks forsupportingr the said arms in their horizontal positions, the cross piececonnect ingthe horizontal arms, the central upright hinged to the baseand carryingI a pulley at its upper end, the cord passing over saidpulley and connected at one end to the cross piece connecting the arms,a hook carried by the cord and a staple carried by the central upright,all arranged substantially as described.

MARY ELLEN KELLY.

Witnesses z WM. J. MAHoNEY, JAMES FARLEY.

